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(No Model.)

. C. F. POPE.

SGRBW- HOOK 0R RING.- 4

110.293.079. Patente-Peb 5, 1884.,

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NTTEn y STATES -ATENT EETCE.

CuARLEs E. ronn, OE wATERRURY, CONNECTICUT, AssiCNOR To THE wATEREURYMANUFACTURING COMPANY, or sAME PLACE.

SCREW HOOK ORRING.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 253,079, datedFebruary 5, 1&54.

` Application filed November SG, i883. (Xo model.)

T0 all who/1t t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs F. IOrE, of Vaterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in ScrewHooks or Rings; and I do hereby declare the `following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and `which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure l, the screw-ring; Fig. 2, a screwhook of like construction; Fig.3, the screw `detaclied;Figl et, the collar detached fromthe screw; Fig.5, the screw and collar united; Fig. 6, the ring detached; Fig. 7,vertical section, and Fig. 8, top view, of the base detached; Fig. 9,the ring and base set together; Fig. 10, the ring and base united; Fig.1l, vertical section through the complete article.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of the hookor ring provided with a screw-shank, by which it may be secured at anydesired point, with special reference to the ring or hook used tosuspend smoke-bells from the ceiling of apartment-s over gas-burners,but applicable to other purposes. These rings or `hooks have usuallybeen made by formi-ng a mold corresponding tothe ring and base, thenplacing the head of a screw-shank within the base part of the same, andthen pouring metal into the mold which forms the rings and base andsurrounds the head of the screw-shank, so as to make a firm uniontherewith. If these articles are left as they come from the mold, theypresent a rough appearance; if finished, the labor for finishing thesurface is so considerable as to make the article expensive. I C

The object of my invention is Ato form the hook and base from sheetmetal, and so unite the parts with the screw as to make the articlesubstantially as firm as if cast thereon; and the invention consists inthe construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recitedin the claim. l

The screw which I employ to form the shank is that usually employed, andis a common nicked-headed wood-screw, A. From sheetmetal I cut a collar,B, in diameter slightly less than the diameter of thebase to beproduced. The perforation through this collar corresponds to the body ofthe screw, and is set thereon and securedby solder or otherwise close upto the head, as seen in Fig. 5. The ring or hook C, I also cut fromsheet metal, as seen in Fig. 6, forming radially-projecting shank a atone point, on the end of whichis a tenon,

b. The base D, I also strike up from sheet i metal of cup-shape, havingan opening, d, in its center oorrespondingto the tenon b on the shank a.Around the edge of the base is a iiange, e, the internal diameter of theiiange corresponding to the collar B. The tenon I) of the ring or hookis introduced through the mortise in the base, as seen in Fig. 9, and isof a length so as to project a considerable distance into the base. Theinner endrof the tenon is cut concave. 'Vhen thus inserted, with asuitable instrument, the tenon is upset, as seen in Fig. 10, so as tofirmly attach the ring orhook to the base. The screw-head and collar Bare then inserted within the base, and so that the flange c will projectbelow the collar and the head of the screwcome to a bearing upon theinner end ofthe tenon, as seen in Fig. ll. IVhen in that position, the

iiange e is closed down over the collar, as seen in Fig. ll, whichsecurely unites the parts.

By bringing the tenon to a solid bearing upon the screw-head such anengagement is made between the tenon and the nick of the screw that thescrew will be readily turned by the application of power to the ringitself. Again, it is frequently necessary to first start the screw bymeans of a hammer. To do this the blows must be struck upon the ringitself,

`and were the shank of the ring not supported directly on the screw,such a blow would indent and deface thebase. Therefore,by bringingthescrew and tenon together I accomplish this double obj ect. I

I have described this invention asa hook or ring, and from theillustrations in Figs. l and 2 it will be seen that the only differencebetween the hook and ring is that the hook is made open at one sidewhile the ring is closed.

The ring maybe struck in dies to give it any desired ornamentation orshape-Las, for instance, it may be desirable to make the ring ICOroundin transverse section. Dies having a correspondingly-concave cavitywill produce such ashape; but-the configuration or shape of the ring isno part of iny invention.

I claim- As an article of manufacture, the hereindescribed screw hook orring, consisting of the headed screw shank A, having the collar Bsecured to its body below the head, the cupshaped base D struck fromsheet 1neta1,with a central opening, d, therein, the ring or hook struckfrom sheet metal, and constructed with a radially-proj ecting shank,,having a tenen,

b, upon its end corresponding to the central opening in the base, thehook and base secured i 5 closed down upon the collar on the screw, 2o

substantially as described. l

CHAS. F. POPE.

XVitnesses:

A. L. MoMiinoN, HENRY S. CHAsn.

